Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Battle of the Centaurs

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Battle of the Centaurs
Alternate Title: 
Lotta tra centauri e Lapiti
Image View: 
Overall view
Creator: 
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
Location: 
repository: Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note: 
Via Ghibellina 70
GPS: 
+43.769903+11.263758
Date: 
ca. 1490-1492 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
relief (sculpture)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
84.5 cm (height) x 90.5 cm (width)
Subjects: 
human figure; mythology (Classical)
Description: 
The Centaurs are best known for their fight with the Lapiths, known as the Centauromachy. This was the last work Michelangelo created (for his own studies) while under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, who died shortly after its completion. Inspired by a classical relief created by Bertoldo di Giovanni, the theme was also suggested to Michelangelo by the classical scholar and poet Poliziano. Michelangelo regarded this sculpture as the best of his early works and kept it for the rest of his life. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-MB-CB-TBOC-A01
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.